After talking about games and toys for children from 0 to 6 months and for children from 6 to 12 months today we will explain what are the games and toys that we can use to enjoy with children who are already one year old.
As we did with the entry of children from 6 to 12 months, we will focus especially on those points that we can help develop our children through the game, making it clear that the main objective has to be to have fun with them and improve our relationship of parents and children, being aware that learning and development will come as a side effect.
Secondary objectives of the game from one year
From twelve months on, the game and toys will make our child develop and grow as a person, improving in the psychomotor field, learning new concepts and starting to rehearse life, to learn to be an individual in society ( very early, of course, since it is still small).
I speak of it as secondary objectives, which will arrive almost without wanting it, if we play with them, but I comment so that you see what happens when we share time with them, games and laughs, and so that you see that children need a variety of games don't focus solely on what they like best. With this I want to tell you that you should try to avoid that the day of his birthday, as what they like are cars, receive only cars. Everyone will succeed with the gift, but the child's play will be very poor, very little varied.
We will see below those secondary objectives that I comment:
- Learn to walk and balance: they do it alone because learning to walk they do without our help. Our mission is to give them an environment where they can do so without danger, with enough freedom to avoid accidents from walking. Come on, that's all about leaving clothes lying on the floor, among other things.
- Experiment with new movements in space: roll on the ground, play to catch, to overcome obstacles, or to play with trawlers, runners, balls or other toys that stimulate movement. All this helps coordinate motor skills and is also very fun.
- Assimilate the concept of directionality: to achieve this, simple constructions and toys can help us to put in line (horizontality) or stack (verticality). With these activities you begin to understand the concepts of order and sequence.
- Become familiar with your body, your personality and your own image: It is important to understand the difference "I" - "not me". The games on the body scheme are fundamental, that incorporate mirrors, or simply stand with them in front of you and talk and gesture so that they look at us both in front and next, that way they also see themselves and will soon understand that They are not a baby, but themselves, who are there.
- To learn some colors: The brightly colored toys are interesting, since with them we can propose games of grouping or searching by colors. Red, blue, yellow and green are usually the first to learn.
- Improve their coordination of movements in hands and fingers: with activities such as stringing, painting, sliding, fitting, handling, etc. Little by little you have to achieve eye-hand coordination, in addition to segmenting the movements of the fingers and it is achieved with those games in which you must use your hands and fingers a lot, of course.
- Differentiate Shapes and sizes: we have to provide toys of different shapes and sizes such as cubes to put inside each other, geometric shapes, etc. In addition, it is important to talk with them about shapes, sizes and their equivalences, inviting them to reason about this in a way that suits their age.
- Learn to share and practice the concepts of giving and receiving: activities and games that invite distribution, ordering or delivery of objects are appropriate, although there is no need to obsess about getting them to share. Over time and years they learn how satisfying it can be to leave something to another child and thus be able to share space, time and play.
- Experiment with the capacity of objects: many toys can help you understand concepts such as full-empty, major-minor, fit-not fit, as well as play in the water with glasses, for example.
- The beginning of symbolic game: It usually begins to occur around 18 months and it is the game with which children imitate what they see, reproducing it while playing to be people who are not. They also do it through toys, especially dolls, who speak and dialogue according to the phrases or situations they have seen or lived. It is said to be the game with which they rehearse life to incorporate the behaviors they see. For this they need elements with which they can develop it as dolls, puppets or costumes, if they want to interpret characters.
And dad and mom
And on many occasions, now to finish, you will not need any of it, but simply a little time with dad and mom, lying with the baby, waiting to be invited to their games. That way, unscheduled games can be born, created instantly, with no more use than our hands or our communication, because the important thing, after all, is us, the time we spend with them.
